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DCBurns said:Did anyone mention The Great Larry Glick?
Someone mentioned that no one had mentioned him.
What about Emperor Hudson?
Let's not forget the original voice of Kiss 108 Ed McMann. He probably had the top night show in the area back in the mid 80s through mid 90s.
Speaking of the old WZOU, not only was it a launching pad for Kidd Valentine (now morning DJ at 104.3 MY FM in LA), the station also had Artie the One Man Party (last heard on Kiss 95.1 Charlotte as Chad Fox) and former KDWB DJ Human Numan (now on Sirius Hits 1).
Speaking of the old WZOU, not only was it a launching pad for Kidd Valentine (now morning DJ at 104.3 MY FM in LA), the station also had Artie the One Man Party (last heard on Kiss 95.1 Charlotte as Chad Fox) and former KDWB DJ Human Numan (now on Sirius Hits 1).
rapking said:Russ Parr Morning SHow, WEEI Sports Huddle,Carl Rowling Report,Walt Baby Love .
I agree Rapking, Russ Parr was great on WBOT 97.7. Funny and interesting show, remember listening to them on the morning of 9/11. Remember DJ B-Plus (?) spinning "The Wrong Song", Olivia Fox when she was on.
SonicAl said:blackgold said:Oh, yeah! I remember Bobby G. and "Thin Man" holding court on Super 16 from 11:45 p.m. until 4 a.m. each Monday through Saturday night. And how about The Ken Mayer Show on WUNR at midnight? He played some great comedy, talked to people on the phone and played up some great sponsors.
The week after he died, I heard the announcer on WUNR say, "Owing to the death of its host, the Ken Mayer show will not be heard."
LOL!!! I used to listen to Ken's show. There was some funny comedy in between the commercial spots that he read that seemed to take up about 2/3 of the show. "You know the spot..." An unforgettable voice, too.
"Owing to the death of its host, the Ken Mayer show will not be heard.". LOL, indeed! Oh, that is hilarious! "Won't be heard" ?!?
Well, no kidding!
I remember that he took calls but you didn't hear the caller. Talk about low budget. But he was genuine, a far cry from the stuff you hear today.
I miss Larry Glick, Arnie Ginsburg, Jerry Williams (you know, Mac Richmond of WMEX might have been a whack job, but he sure knew talent), Jess Cain, Norm Nathan, Carl DeSuse, Dick Summer, Bruce Bradley, I am sure many others. These were really memorable, distinctive personalities who, among those who are old enough, are remembered with great fondness 40 years later.
HHH said:"Owing to the death of its host, the Ken Mayer show will not be heard.". LOL, indeed! Oh, that is hilarious! "Won't be heard" ?!? Well, no kidding!
What is even more hilarious is that the announcement was most likely voiced by the deep-bass voice of Norm Ruby, the WUNR announcer (and, I believe WUNR's ONLY English-language announcer) for decades and decades--including, AFAIK, right up to the present, notwithstanding that Ruby died probably 20+ years ago!!!! For all those years, thanks to the magic of tape, Ruby's distinctive voice has been the signature sound of WUNR (at least, the signature English-language sound). Talk about life after death! Ruby most likely holds the Boston radio (ahem) record (if not the word record) for immortality.
Larry "Ackalackachumba!" Justice...on all stations he was on, but especially WMEX.
WMEX "house" names given to various people who passed through there (Dan Donovan, Melvin X. Melvin, "Fenway"). Can you imagine a station doing that today?
Dale Wehba (anybody remember him on WMEX circa 1967-68?)
Arnie Ginsburg
Bruce Bradley, Jefferson Kaye (WBZ)
WBZ's "Grease Weekends"
WORL as a (short-lived) Top-40 station (1965-66). Same for WACQ (1977-78).
WMEX "house" names given to various people who passed through there (Dan Donovan, Melvin X. Melvin, "Fenway"). Can you imagine a station doing that today?
Dale Wehba (anybody remember him on WMEX circa 1967-68?)
Arnie Ginsburg
Bruce Bradley, Jefferson Kaye (WBZ)
WBZ's "Grease Weekends"
WORL as a (short-lived) Top-40 station (1965-66). Same for WACQ (1977-78).
moonchild said:One show I will NOT miss >>>>>> Charley Manning on WRKO <<<<<< - good lord, the man is just awful
Charlie might not be too radio savvy, but he is a very smart guy. And if you enjoy the "sport" and marketing of politics...he can be very interesting.
moonchild said:....and - (is he gay?) ??? ??? ??? ???
What kind of a question is that on a board about radio?
I figure, if he wanted you to know, he would've told you.
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SoxSlugger
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Dave Maynard when he did the overnight talk on 'BZ...liked Carl De Suze as well. Charlie Kendall on WVBF knew how to keep it going at 90MPH! I always remember Tony Mann on WRKO and thinking..."How did this guy get on this station? He's not very good"!
Charley Manning does not come across as "a very smart guy" ... he constantly stumbles and uses ah and um repeatedly - as for the gay thing ... this is a radio board, Manning is a radio talk show host, so I'm asking ... is he gay? He sounds flamingly gay ... the tone of his voice and the way he gets excited when he speaks to a particular caller ... can't remember caller's name but he drives a truck ...
moonchild said:Charley Manning does not come across as "a very smart guy" ... he constantly stumbles and uses ah and um repeatedly
So what? There are college professors and PHD's who do the very same thing. Ums and Ahs are not an indicator of intelligence. It's an indicator of lack of radio savvy, and speech.
moonchild said:- as for the gay thing ... this is a radio board, Manning is a radio talk show host, so I'm asking ... is he gay?
Well considering a couple of weeks ago you were taking shots at Billy Costa and calling his wife a *itch...I think your current question says more about your intelligence than his.
Boston_Bill said:The original Sports Huddle on WEEI. One of the funniest shows ever. The current version just sucks.
Blues after hours with Mae Kraemer. Fell asleep on many Friday nights listening to her.
Boston_Bill said:The original Sports Huddle on WEEI. One of the funniest shows ever. The current version just sucks.
Blues after hours with Mae Kraemer. Fell asleep on many Friday nights listening to her.
Found an old radio schedule from 1956. Listed WBZ, WCOP, WMEX, WCRB, WEEI, WHDH, WNAC and a separate WGBH-FM 89.7 schedule. The announcers on the AM side were Leo Egan, Carl deSuze, Jay McMaster(WMEX) and Bob Clayton. Of course I left the clip back in Boston. Also have a clip of what I think is the first sports radio program on WEEI-AM(590). Jerry Williams doing his first show on WRKO-AM(680) around 1980. Also a tape of WROL-AM(950) airing a sports talk show. This is my first post to this forum.
If you actually listened to Manning you'd understand what I'm talking about - um um um um um um ah ah ah - it's not lack of radio saavy it's lack of intelligence - he can't complete a sentence without using um and ah - for example "the um um um ah the um um um govenor um he um um ah" - he comes across as a fool - try listening to him sometime - as for Costa's wife, the truth is the truth - he used to talk about her on the air - I only repeated his assessment of his wife - he made it well known that he was not allowed to sleep in the same bed as her and on more than one occassion he let it me known that she was a a ahem b!tch - again, if you listened to KISS back then you'd know what I was talking about
moonchild said:If you actually listened to Manning you'd understand what I'm talking about - um um um um um um ah ah ah - it's not lack of radio saavy it's lack of intelligence - he can't complete a sentence without using um and ah - for example "the um um um ah the um um um govenor um he um um ah" - he comes across as a fool
You are assuming I haven't actually listened. I have, and he comes across as a very bright guy, albeit without radio savvy. Like I said, college proffessors and PHD's sometimes have weird speaking cadence. It doesn't mean they are not intelligent.
moonchild said:as for Costa's wife, the truth is the truth -
Well the fact that you brought it up says volumes. You are more concerned with Costa's wife and Charlie Manning's sexuality than you are about their radio programs.
OK. Let's run down the reasons why Manning is horrendous.
1. The voice. He sounds like either the MC at Jacques/The Other Side or somebody's grandmother. His cadence is absurd. The ums and ahs aren't that big a problem since they are hidden by his hideous inflection.
2. His asides. Political talk show hosts don't need to be droning on and on about sunsets. OR sunrises. Into this category we will also put hit fawning over Howie Carr, usually devoting the first and last quarter hours to expressions of man-love for Howie, about which more below.
3. His complete lack of forward motion on the program. If I hear "we'll be right back" one more time I'm gonna sell my Entercom shares. Well I don't have any Entercom shares. I never had. But if I did I'd dump them. No I wouldn't. I would have dumped them years ago.
4. He's more interested in his consulting business than in radio. He fawns over every Republican office seeker that appears on the program. Yes, we expect them to get softball interviews, but he carries it much too far. His opening question can be boiled down to "Tell me how people are telling you how great you are as you work very very hard on the hustings." He sounds as if HE is being interviewed by THEM for a job. Clearly he isn't interested in cutting the cord. Finneran has the same problem. Successful ex-pols going into telephone talk can be big-time supporters of their former buddies, but they can't fawn and kiss butt and talk to the pols in polspeak and Manning and Finneran do precisely that. They have not been properly instructed in radio.
5. He continually tries to kiss up to anyone who might help his consulting business. Such as his reverential references to Carr who clearly wishes Manning had never arrived at the station, irrespective of his political views. Clearly he's buttering up Carr for favorable treatment of future clients. You can't do a talk show while promoting your own private business. Unless you're Pat Whitley, and he gets a pass since he a) buys the time and b) does the elements, hits the diary reminders, and drags "one more" quarter hour out of an audience better than anyone who has ever been on the radio. Maybe that's what Manning needs, Whitley looking over his shoulder for a few weeks, because the programming team at the Big 68 is clearly in over its head.
Manning is a flak, his mass-media career peaked when he was bashing Joe Yukica 35 years ago.
1. The voice. He sounds like either the MC at Jacques/The Other Side or somebody's grandmother. His cadence is absurd. The ums and ahs aren't that big a problem since they are hidden by his hideous inflection.
2. His asides. Political talk show hosts don't need to be droning on and on about sunsets. OR sunrises. Into this category we will also put hit fawning over Howie Carr, usually devoting the first and last quarter hours to expressions of man-love for Howie, about which more below.
3. His complete lack of forward motion on the program. If I hear "we'll be right back" one more time I'm gonna sell my Entercom shares. Well I don't have any Entercom shares. I never had. But if I did I'd dump them. No I wouldn't. I would have dumped them years ago.
4. He's more interested in his consulting business than in radio. He fawns over every Republican office seeker that appears on the program. Yes, we expect them to get softball interviews, but he carries it much too far. His opening question can be boiled down to "Tell me how people are telling you how great you are as you work very very hard on the hustings." He sounds as if HE is being interviewed by THEM for a job. Clearly he isn't interested in cutting the cord. Finneran has the same problem. Successful ex-pols going into telephone talk can be big-time supporters of their former buddies, but they can't fawn and kiss butt and talk to the pols in polspeak and Manning and Finneran do precisely that. They have not been properly instructed in radio.
5. He continually tries to kiss up to anyone who might help his consulting business. Such as his reverential references to Carr who clearly wishes Manning had never arrived at the station, irrespective of his political views. Clearly he's buttering up Carr for favorable treatment of future clients. You can't do a talk show while promoting your own private business. Unless you're Pat Whitley, and he gets a pass since he a) buys the time and b) does the elements, hits the diary reminders, and drags "one more" quarter hour out of an audience better than anyone who has ever been on the radio. Maybe that's what Manning needs, Whitley looking over his shoulder for a few weeks, because the programming team at the Big 68 is clearly in over its head.
Manning is a flak, his mass-media career peaked when he was bashing Joe Yukica 35 years ago.
After that aside I'll answer the OP question:
1. The original Sports Huddle. How the kids like to rip Andleman, but he wrote the book on being irreverant decades before it became a resume-builder. The guy got thrown off a 50-clear, despite owning the time slot, because he threw away the rulebook. None of these smarmy wannabe announcers of today would so much as risk a stern memo. When the Huddle was gassed, there was considerable speculation that their days on Boston radio were over. When the Bruins pulled strings and got Andelman, McCarthy and Witkin broomed, Guy Manella, the house sports talk guy and a company man to the core said "Mark my words. I've been in this business 17 years. There is no way a CBS O&O like 'EEI will ever talk a chance on something like the Sports Huddle." Two months later, WEEI broke format to present the Huddle on Sunday nights and immediately won the time period.
2. Other sports shows: the original Voice of Sports on WHDH (not the Leo Egan telephone version), Sportscope on WUNR/WBOS, Win Elliot Sports Central USA and Sports World Roundup on CBS Radio/WEEI. Steve Fredericks or Les Woodruff on WEEI.
3. Dick Gunton's morning show on WEEI-FM, with the CBS features such as First Line Report, some interesting local features with David Austin and Craig Lundquist, and a fabulous jingle package. Probably the last intelligent pop music-driven morning program.
4. Norm Nathan overnights on WHDH. Not silly Norm of WRKO or Grampa Norm of WBZ.
5. Glick on the 12-6 shift with no producer, no newsman and "Westinghouse and I split the cost of the long distance calls"
6. The most relaxed show in town. The Kenny Mayer show?
7. Maxanne.
8. News with Streeter Stuart; Vin Maloney; Nick Young; John Masters; Maurice Lewis; Bob Parlante; John Lynker and Bruce Lee; Deborah Robi, Steven Smith or Ann Marie Rowan. But not Lapierre, the Doug Limerick-Carol Thayerduo or Nick Mills.
9. Richard Kaye, Dave Tucker and Dave MacNeill on pre-Mazza WCRB
10. CBS radio being on locally, with its hourlies, its Dimension reports, Spectrum commentaries and especially World News Round and World News Tonight.
11. The ABC Information Sounder, circa 1968-1980.
12 Alan Colmes "Big Al Your Morning Pal" on WEZE.
13. Jess Cain. No, I really didn't listen, but it was good to know he was there.
14. Radio editorials, especially Jim Lightfoot at WBZ.
1. The original Sports Huddle. How the kids like to rip Andleman, but he wrote the book on being irreverant decades before it became a resume-builder. The guy got thrown off a 50-clear, despite owning the time slot, because he threw away the rulebook. None of these smarmy wannabe announcers of today would so much as risk a stern memo. When the Huddle was gassed, there was considerable speculation that their days on Boston radio were over. When the Bruins pulled strings and got Andelman, McCarthy and Witkin broomed, Guy Manella, the house sports talk guy and a company man to the core said "Mark my words. I've been in this business 17 years. There is no way a CBS O&O like 'EEI will ever talk a chance on something like the Sports Huddle." Two months later, WEEI broke format to present the Huddle on Sunday nights and immediately won the time period.
2. Other sports shows: the original Voice of Sports on WHDH (not the Leo Egan telephone version), Sportscope on WUNR/WBOS, Win Elliot Sports Central USA and Sports World Roundup on CBS Radio/WEEI. Steve Fredericks or Les Woodruff on WEEI.
3. Dick Gunton's morning show on WEEI-FM, with the CBS features such as First Line Report, some interesting local features with David Austin and Craig Lundquist, and a fabulous jingle package. Probably the last intelligent pop music-driven morning program.
4. Norm Nathan overnights on WHDH. Not silly Norm of WRKO or Grampa Norm of WBZ.
5. Glick on the 12-6 shift with no producer, no newsman and "Westinghouse and I split the cost of the long distance calls"
6. The most relaxed show in town. The Kenny Mayer show?
7. Maxanne.
8. News with Streeter Stuart; Vin Maloney; Nick Young; John Masters; Maurice Lewis; Bob Parlante; John Lynker and Bruce Lee; Deborah Robi, Steven Smith or Ann Marie Rowan. But not Lapierre, the Doug Limerick-Carol Thayerduo or Nick Mills.
9. Richard Kaye, Dave Tucker and Dave MacNeill on pre-Mazza WCRB
10. CBS radio being on locally, with its hourlies, its Dimension reports, Spectrum commentaries and especially World News Round and World News Tonight.
11. The ABC Information Sounder, circa 1968-1980.
12 Alan Colmes "Big Al Your Morning Pal" on WEZE.
13. Jess Cain. No, I really didn't listen, but it was good to know he was there.
14. Radio editorials, especially Jim Lightfoot at WBZ.
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ArtSpooner
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How about "Maynard in the Morning". News, weather, sports, traffic with Gary Lapierre, Don Kent, Gil Santos, and Joe Green. A song or two, a call or two, an occasional interview, stolen car bulletins, Test the Teams(retired undefeated champ here), wake up calls, and a bunch of other pleasant, non-agenda driven features. It was just a comfortable show to listen to while you were having your coffee or driving to work. It's way to hokey and simple to work today.........but I wish it wasn't.
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